]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/british-space-team-to-shoot-for-the-moon/feed/0wobbieUK going to the moonhttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-going-to-the-moon/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-going-to-the-moon/#respondWed, 10 Jan 2007 10:43:26 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-going-to-the-moon/Britain might be going to the moon using British engineering!

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-going-to-the-moon/feed/0wobbieUK to go to the moon solo?https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-to-go-to-the-moon-solo/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-to-go-to-the-moon-solo/#respondWed, 10 Jan 2007 10:26:24 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-to-go-to-the-moon-solo/Since the unfortunate failure of Beagle-2, the already weak UK Space aspirations became difficult to find – a far cry from the enthusiasm with which rising power China and the high profile US missions coordinated by NASA. The UK now has a very real opportunity to go to the moon by exploiting UK developed high technology at low cost.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/uk-to-go-to-the-moon-solo/feed/0wobbieInvisibility Cloak ‘Five Years Away’https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/invisibility-cloak-five-years-away/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/invisibility-cloak-five-years-away/#respondThu, 19 Oct 2006 15:50:53 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/invisibility-cloak-five-years-away/Scientists have taken the first steps towards creating a Harry Potter-style cloak of invisibility. Professor John Pendry, from Imperial College London, said that it may not take long to develop an invisible fabric – assuming there is sufficient research into the technology.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/invisibility-cloak-five-years-away/feed/0wobbieMagnets Could Fling Satellite Weapons into Spacehttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/magnets-could-fling-satellite-weapons-into-space/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/magnets-could-fling-satellite-weapons-into-space/#respondMon, 09 Oct 2006 11:23:46 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/magnets-could-fling-satellite-weapons-into-space/A new study by the US Air Force has suggested a cheaper method of sending satellites (possibly missile weapons) into orbit. A ring of superconducting magnets would contain and propel a payload, accelerating it over a period of hours, before suddenly powering down the magnets and flinging the satellite into space at 23 times the speed of sound.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/magnets-could-fling-satellite-weapons-into-space/feed/0wobbieSatellites used to track rat infestationhttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellites-used-to-track-rat-infestation/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellites-used-to-track-rat-infestation/#respondFri, 29 Sep 2006 14:51:21 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellites-used-to-track-rat-infestation/Of all the uses of satellites, locating the Pied Piper is one I had not conceived. Neglected islands are bring allowed to return to nature and with the absence of man the age of rats has not gone unnoticed. The DMC isn’t just used for monitoring natural disasters, rodent rampages too.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellites-used-to-track-rat-infestation/feed/0wobbieSatellite navigation in a spinhttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellite-navigation-in-a-spin/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellite-navigation-in-a-spin/#respondFri, 29 Sep 2006 13:40:27 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellite-navigation-in-a-spin/With Galileo in the pipeline and next generation GPS (Navstar) advances being announced there has been talk of Satnav scuffles in the press. Let’s not forget that the Russians have Glonass and that all of these systems aspire to combine in a GNSS – combined navigation system for the good of all. Rob Coppinger, Flight International discusses.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/satellite-navigation-in-a-spin/feed/0wobbieGoogle confirm free book downloadshttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/google-confirm-free-book-downloads/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/google-confirm-free-book-downloads/#commentsThu, 31 Aug 2006 10:35:15 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/google-confirm-free-book-downloads/The Internet really is changing. Only yesterday Universal announced that they would publish their back catalogue of music videos for free and now the next chapter in the Google Books saga unfolds.

]]>https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/31/google-confirm-free-book-downloads/feed/1wobbiePluto Seems Poised to Lose Its Planet Statushttps://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/pluto-seems-poised-to-lose-its-planet-status/
https://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/pluto-seems-poised-to-lose-its-planet-status/#commentsWed, 30 Aug 2006 09:28:34 +0000http://wobbie.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/pluto-seems-poised-to-lose-its-planet-status/NY Times view on the Pluto “demotion” is interesting. It seems everyone has their own view. It is still there though, I guess the real question is whether it is dull or exciting. That’s where New Horizons comes in.